Secrets & Lies

1996

2 hrs 22 mins

Drama

76%

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Popularity

2.4

Companies

CiBy 2000

DirectorMike Leigh

WritersMike Leigh

Overview

After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cynthia, a working class white woman.

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Top Cast

Brenda Blethyn Cynthia Rose Purley

Marianne Jean-Baptiste Hortense Cumberbatch

Timothy Spall Maurice Purley

Phyllis Logan Monica Purley

Claire Rushbrook Roxanne Purley

Lee Ross Paul

Lesley Manville The Social Worker

Elizabeth Berrington Jane

Michele Austin Dionne

Ron Cook Stuart

Trevor Laird Hortense's Brother

Brian Bovell Hortense's Brother

Emma Amos Girl with Scar

Clare Perkins Hortense's Sister in Law

Elias Perkins McCook Hortense's Nephew

Trailers & Clips

Trailer Secrets & Lies Q&A | Mike Leigh in Conversation Channel 4 Promo Mike Leigh on the Making of Secrets & Lies TV Promo - The Show Case Review US TV Spot Director's Cut: Mike Leigh on Secrets and Lies - Film 2011 With Claudia Winkleman - BBC Main Title Sequence Photo Studio Scene Brenda Blethyn on Secrets & Lies Trailer

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